Next week we celebrate #BookWeekScotland which this year has a theme of Friendship. What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending? #KidsBookFriday #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

I’ve just finished this wonderful graphic novel version of Phil Earle’s When the Sky Falls and it’s such a powerful book. Friendship between a boy and an ape, as well as a boy and a girl - both beautifully examined. Adapted by Fred Fordham.

Don’t forget our Welcome Meeting this afternoon - details have been sent via email to our current and previous participating schools. Get in touch if you’d like to find out more…

This quote totally sums up my experience too. I had another two boys run up to me in the playground today! If you haven’t signed up already, take a look. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

This year you get TWO sets of shortlisted books instead of one when you sign up for the Spark! School Book Awards by 28 November. If you still need convincing, here's a fantastic endorsement from a secondary school librarian... www.sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/school-sign-up

Sign up for the Spark! School Book Award by 28 November and you'll receive TWO sets of the shortlisted books instead of one! Don't miss out...sign up now: sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/scho...

Elon Musk has just suspended our X account—we're a danger to those who presently control the world, feeling honoured—building our hopes on Bluesky—please Repost Follow indie publisher of fine books #books #Fiction #chilrensbooks @louiestowell.bsky.social

One of the best non fiction titles I’ve read recently was The History of Information by Chris Haughton. It’s an incredible book and a really important one too as it talks about things like propaganda and machine learning. Highly recommend for all ages from 9+. A must for adults too!

I genuinely think we live in a golden age of kids non-fiction, so I’m very excited for us to celebrate #NonFictionNovember with this week’s #KidsBooksFriday. What brilliant non-fiction would you recommend? This is another week where I can’t possibly stop at four. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

These are ones that I love/have used in the classroom.

I know I'm biased, but Scottish Book Trust really do amazing work. Please support our Christmas campaign by sharing, and/or donating if you can.

A really powerful read about fasting and how it can affect people during Ramadan. I had three children in my class last year attempting to and this book would have been so helpful for them and more importantly others in the class who were trying to understand.

Exciting news for schools! The Spark! Book Award is already great value for only £65 per category, BUT sign up by 28 November and you'll receive TWO sets of the shortlisted books instead of one! Don't miss out...sign up on our website now: www.sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/school-sign-up

Lovely news today – I AM WOLF has been shortlisted for the #InspireELS Brilliant Book Award! Thank you so much, it's a brilliant list to be part of! 😊⭐️🐺 @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmWolf #KidLitUk #BrilliantBookAward 👉 bba.inspireculture.org.uk

My Sunday has mainly consisted of a beautiful walk and another fantastic book for @sparkbookaward.bsky.social - the morning in Kew Gardens which is always special at this time of year and the afternoon solving The Big Bad Wolf Murder by @pgbellwriter.bsky.social! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

An excellent article. Young teenage boys are incredibly underserved in the current publishing market an Nathanael Lessore’s books are incredibly important in filling that gap, and in allowing boys to see themselves and their lives represented in books in a realistic way.

"The discussions or reflections that books inspire can change lives for the better. I know because I’ve seen it." Author Nathanael Lessore believes fiction can play a big role in supporting positive attitudes to boyhood and masculinity. Here's how 👇 https://bit.ly/3JqsAug

Bit late but here are some amazing #Halloween picturebooks and novels. #PicturebookPage

I was a huge Red Dwarf fan so very excited to pick up Sin Bin Island by @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #LongList. Despite it being on the chunky side, I have raced through it today - a quirky adventure and full of his trademark wit and imagination. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

This has become my Friday morning routine - love these posts What Halloween related books would you recommend and add to the list? It's not possible to read all books, so find someone you trust to recommend - @mariannedoherty.bsky.social is so good at recommending

Seven ghosts and Aveline Jones are top tier horror reads. I’ll miss reading the last two chapters of seven ghosts this year and seeing the jaws drop as they work out the twist! How to make friends with a ghost is a nice friendly spooky read.

Running out of ways to be flabbergasted over here.

With it being Halloween I guess we need a spooky #KidsBooksFriday. But I am also a total scaredy cat so I’ll be sticking to cosy spooky books thanks. The kids do seem to love a bit of horror though, so do recommend - just don’t expect me to read any! 🙈 👻 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

The Autumn/Winter editions of WRDMag & WRDXtra have arrived😍 Download them for *FREE* or Subscribe & we’ll post you beautiful printed copies. Give #WRDmag to your kids, use it as a screen saver in the school library or share it at book club. Let's just spread the booky love! Weblink in bio

Hi! I’m joining Mr Dilly’s Non-Fiction November LIVE streaming event for UK schools! Celebrate truth, curiosity & creativity in children’s nonfiction ✨ Thursday 6 Nov 11am 🏫 Free event + replay available for classrooms 🔗 Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/non-fictio... #ChildrensBooks

I sometimes miss EduTwitter. It gave me lots of links to lots of areas of interest. However, being on Bluesky is much calmer. Twitter is like a house party where everyone has drank too much. Here is quieter, the morning after walk with two or three friends. And it’s better for it.

This is really sad news. Knights Of are exactly the kind of publisher that the children's book world needs. www.thebookseller.com/news/indepen...

This is just terrible news. @knightsofbooks.bsky.social were one of my favourite publishers with so many brilliant titles. Absolutely a force for good. Very sad times indeed. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

A lovely bit of news from the weekend: #THIRST was highlighted in the Irish Times as a Best YA Read for Halloween! 🩸🎉 I'm over the moon. Heartfelt thanks to @chennessybooks.bsky.social for including #THIRST among her excellent picks and for writing such a thoughtful review. 🙏

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 4th November 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @finbarhawkins.bsky.social who will be chatting all about his new book - Ghost. All welcome to come along and join in the chat here on BlueSky 🙂 #YA #writerslife #Ghost #FinbarHawkins

Another #buyastrangerabook offer! Yesterday, @jenillustrates.bsky.social sent me £20 so someone could get their Xmas pressie buying started early. So, if you're planning on getting someone a book for xmas (of course you are), let us know what it is, and Jen will buy it! UK only

It's #buyastrangerabook day! Earlier, I put out @poorlarkin.bsky.social 's offer. They'll buy books for kids, up to £30. One book has gone, so there's £20 left. If there's a book you'd like for a kiddo, please get in touch and PL will cover the cost. UK only

Have spent the day reading some of the books shortlisted for the @empathylabuk.bsky.social Read for Empathy collection. It always inspires me. So many wonderful things can happen in a classroom when you use the right story or poem.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up Wood: Taller, Older, Wiser by Tanya Turner but the beautiful cover by Blanka Szonda invited me in. So glad it did because I’ve just finished a lovely story with a tear in my eye. @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #Longlist #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Having read all The Famous Five books over and again as a child it was great to catch up with them again. @itschrissmith.bsky.social has done a spiffing job with a contemporary adventure on Kirrin Island. @hodderbooks.bsky.social @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #Longlist #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

A lovely way to relax - a beautiful walk in Richmond Park and another book for @sparkbookaward.bsky.social I feel so lucky to live near so many fantastic green spaces! It makes such a difference to my mood spending time outside. #HalfTerm

Here's Harlands Primary School, the first recipients of books courtesy of "Big Green Books 500 Club" I sent them £500 of books, thanks to the dosh we're raising each week through the club. You can read about it HERE. biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

A delicious children’s/YA roundup this month from @imogenrw.bsky.social via @theguardian.com - particularly love all the new MG/YA horror! #kidlituk #ukkidlit www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Spooky season continues, and I've just finished the second Lockett and Wilde adventure by #LucyStrange. Great to catch up with Matilda and Edgar again, in this thrilling, yet heartwarming caper, set in merry old London. Ghosts, Gold and Gangster legends! A perfect sequel! 👍 #ukkidlit #kidlituk

Michael Rosen Day is happening on Thursday 13th November! If you haven't signed up yet, make sure you do. There's a free live @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social event, a poetry competition and loads of great resources. Join the poetry party! #MichaelRosenDay www.michaelrosen.co.uk/michaelrosen...

Half term has brought time to read and I’m excited to have received a pile of books for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social longlisting. I’ve started with Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo by @prleathley.bsky.social - the first in a brilliant new fantasy series. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

I so agree. Being read to, carries so many unmeasurable joys, and embeds a love of story in a person's soul. But it's also what makes a child articulate, and understand our spoken language, which they need to do before decoding it. Reading will arrive later.

Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social

My response to the reading crisis is this Lokifesto - though that's just part of my response. lokibooks.com/lokifesto/ Expanding on what Rundell says in the article, we need to think about true joy - and what that looks like for different kids. #UKKidLit

It's sunday so I am finally reading the links I opened during the week. Or possibly last week. Anyway, this one is worth your time (should be a free link, it was for me at least). Katherine Rundell on reading for pleasure. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...

So, now there's a booker prize for 8-12 year old kidlit, let's have one for YA and picture books. The PB one I already have a name for. The Picture Booker.

For Halloween I'd love to gift one of my followers on here a free copy of my new book, The Notwitches: Prison Break, signed by me and Dotty Sutton. If you fancy it, just like this post (and follow me if you don't already). Shares very much appreciated, obvs. UK-based people only, I'm afraid.

fave non-fiction book this year. “Omnibird” by #GiselleClarkson is a brilliant, funny and informative illustrated guide that turns kids into avian detectives. Packed with science & humour it inspires readers to really look at the birds around them and see the extraordinary. @geckopress.bsky.social

I’ve been in a right reading slump lately. I’m conscious it’s often just the right book coming along at the right time that does the trick, but what books have helped you or the kids in your life get out of a reading slump? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit